Benjamin Bogarde
1780-1868
Born: Virginia, USA
Died: Olney, Richland, Illinois, USA
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1780-1868
Born: Virginia, USA
Died: Olney, Richland, Illinois, USA
<p style="padding: 0px; line-height: 16px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Early Richland County history states that Benjamin Bogard arrived in the general area of Southern Illinois about 1819 and called him a native of East Tennessee. He apparently came with the wave of pioneers and veterans seeking new land opportunities from Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana. Benjamin and others like him helped in the settlement of Southern Illinois in the area of present day Lawrence, Edwards and Richland Counties. Benjamin was born June 10, 1780 in Virginia, he claims on the census reports.</p> <p style="padding: 0px; line-height: 16px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </p> <p style="padding: 0px; line-height: 16px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">He arrived with a wife, the former Nancy Satiswaite, and at least three of his children who were born in Tennessee; David, b. 1807; James b. 1808; and Houston b. 1815. Later, after immigrating to Illinois, five more were born: Clarinda b. 1818; Preston b. 1820; Alfred b. 1824; Sarah b. 1826; and Benjamin b. 1827. Nancy Satiswaite died on January 14, 1837.</p> <p style="padding: 0px; line-height: 16px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </p> <p style="padding: 0px; line-height: 16px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">After the death of his 1st wife Nancy Satiswaite Benjamin then married Nancy Gooch Clark on January 18, 1839, in Richland County, Illinois. Nancy was born April 8, 1810 in Granville County, North Carolina. She had first married Keelin Clark on June 29, 1829 in Orange County, North Carolina. In 1835, the Clarks moved to Laws' Settlement in Lawrence County Illinois. Keelin Clark died on September 10 1837, leaving Nancy with four children.</p> <p style="padding: 0px; line-height: 16px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </p> <p style="padding: 0px; line-height: 16px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Benjamin & Nancy Gooch Clark had six children: Thomas 1833; Jefferson 1841; Daniel 1843; Levi 1846; Caroline Jeanette 1849; and Emma Jane 1851. Benjamin Bogard died March 7, 1868 and is buried in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, near Olney, Illinois. Nancy died February 23, 1896 and is buried next to Benjamin and their sons, Thomas & Jefferson.</p> <p style="padding: 0px; line-height: 16px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </p> <p style="padding: 0px; line-height: 16px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">After the Revolutionary War when Illinois was considered a county of Virginia, soldiers who fought with George Rogers Clark came into the Illinois area to settle land. Along with them came people from Kentucky Maryland, Tennessee and Virginia. By 1818 when Illinois was made the 21st state, there were approximately 40,000 people in the state with only the southern portion being settled.</p> <p style="padding: 0px; line-height: 16px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </p> <p style="padding: 0px; line-height: 16px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Some say that the groups from the East and those from the southern frontier states had difficulty at first in understanding each other. Those from the East were used to established towns with schools, and preferred communities with proper rules and regulations. The settlers from the southern areas came from places which had few schools and had little use for rules and formalities as practical skills had allowed them to survive on the frontier. Many of these frontiersmen had great initiative and natural leadership abilities. The two groups eventually worked out their difficulties, with each contributing their strengths to the newly developing counties in Illinois. </p> <p style="padding: 0px; line-height: 16px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </p> <p style="padding: 0px; line-height: 16px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It would seem that Benjamin Bogard may have come from this later group. While there is no record of his having any special title or office-he appears an early pioneer in Richland County, Illinois History as a natural leader and politician involved in the important affairs of a growing community and nation.</p> <p style="padding: 0px; line-height: 16px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </p> <p style="padding: 0px; line-height: 16px; color: #333333; font-family: 'helvetica neue', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Bogard's origin is obscure. He was born in Virginia or East Tennessee. Bible records of his first family indicate that his first child was born as early as 1807 in Tennessee, time between 1815-1819 he arrived in Lawrence County, Ill. Benjamin married twice and he and his wives-both named Nancy were responsible for at least 20 children, including step-children. Their descendants settled in nearby counties and now live all over the United State. Bogard states in his application for Bounty Land that he fought in the War with the Creek Indians. </p>